Saint Petersburg Internet Outage After Drone Alert
On the morning of October 21, residents of St. Petersburg began complaining about mobile internet connectivity.
Consensus
- Mobile internet in Saint Petersburg experienced outages on the morning of October 16.
- Users reported that only websites from a 'white list' were accessible during the outage.
- The internet issues occurred after the end of a drone threat alert in Leningрадская область.
- The service Downdetector recorded a significant number of complaints about internet problems in Saint Petersburg.
- The drone threat alert was lifted at 8:30 AM, with flight restrictions at Pulkovo Airport lifted shortly afterward.
Points of divergence
- The cause of the network failure is unknown. — tg_tvrain
- The governor of Leningrad Oblast, Alexander Drobizhenko, warned about possible internet issues at 4:30 AM. — fontanka
- Four drones were destroyed by air defense systems over the region overnight. — gazeta_spb
- 24 flights were canceled and 11 others delayed at Pulkovo Airport. — gazeta_spb
- Mobile internet began to return in the Petrogradsky district and on the Parnas by 11:00 AM. — fontanka
Coverage (10 sources)
- Fell and won't get up. In St. Petersburg, complaints about the internet are multiplying — Фонтанка
- Saint Petersburg residents complain about mobile internet problems since morning — Фонтанка
- Mobile internet disappeared for part of St. Petersburg residents — Бумага
- Residents of St. Petersburg complained about internet performance — Дождь (Telegram)
- Mobile internet continues to fail in St. Petersburg — Бумага
- «Stone Age». Mobile internet continues to fail in St. Petersburg after cancellation of drone threat — Фонтанка
- In the morning on Friday, St. Petersburg residents complained about mobile internet work - SPB Newspaper - Saint Petersburg news — Gazeta.SPb
- Mobile internet remains unavailable for some St. Petersburg residents — Бумага
- Mobile internet is failing in St. Petersburg — Фонтанка
- Saint Petersburg residents complain about internet outage — Фонтанка